The Cunning Man

Fifth printing. Large 8vo. Pp. [vi], 469. Quarter-bound black cloth over teal paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt to spine; matching teal endpapers. Author's Note. Jacket design by [Anne] Bascove.

Remainder mark to bottom edge, else fine.

Second volume in Davies's unfinished Toronto Trilogy encompassing miraculous cures, halitosis, cannibalism, medical solutions to literary mysteries and more. A journalist's query about the circumstances surrounding an Anglican priest's death at the high altar on Good Friday leads Dr Jonathan Hullah, a holistic physician living in Toronto, to reflect on his own life and career. "One of his most entertaining and satisfying books... Davies composes a kind of fictionalized grand opera, replete with emblematic characters, archetypal plotting, soulful arias and much sparkling repartee." –Washington Post Book World